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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
2
Visitors at the Philadelphia Zoo hear loud crashes as two mouffions clash in a vendetta. A wooden partition separates them to prevent harm, but both ram the fence causing deafening sounds and shattering nerves of keeper Geiger. Corsica is cited as their homeland famed for feuds.
A lone rider recalls a dawn assault by phantom Hussars and a deadly field. Black-clad specters swarm the ranks as shells scream and soldiers fall, until the rider awakens to a defeated retreat and the eerie battleground fades to night.
A western city resident in Philadelphia relates a conservatism clash when a cook, a middle aged Negro named Sarah, refuses to make waffles for tea. She asserts she has cooked for Philadelphia's first families for thirty years and never served waffles, ending with the family going without waffles.
Worthy of Deniel O Connell recounts a Brooklyn Supreme Court scene. Judge Dickey fumed at a lawyer repeating the same question, likening it to crabs that go sideways. The lawyer quipped that he likes crabs, even as he dislikes lobsters a la Newburg.
A Walnut street manufacturer sells Turkish cigarettes at 4.50 a pound to connoisseurs who can afford the cost. Some mix it with Virginia to stretch the quantity, while a tobacconist notes turkish tobaccos with guts added could reach sixty dollars a pound.
A Paris fashion story recounted Mrs. Andrew Carnegie seeking a simple gown at a top Paris couturier. She, discreet in brown, was not recognized by the maestro, who regretted delays in attending her request. Lady mentioned correspondence to the designer, noting apologies and Carnegie’s lasting impression.
In St. Magnus bay west Shetland lies Papa Little island named to contrast with Papa Stour. Norse origin means Priest Isles from Irish Catholic settlers who first brought Christianity. A ruined croft remains, used today only for grazing. Mice reportedly die when placed on the isle, leading crofters to fetch soil from there to scatter on stacks.
Mme Marchesi known by stage name Mime Marchesi. Her real name is Mme La Marquise Di Castrone. Marchesi is the Italian marquise term, and she is widely recognized by it in America. Her husband is a picturesque old school nobleman loved for affable manners.
The National Grange argues against lowering the sugar import tariff to protect and develop the U.S. sugar beet industry. National Grange Master Jones testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee, warning that cheap foreign sugar could devastate domestic beet growers and sugar manufacturers.
A Philadelphia Item editorial argues that free goods from countries without reciprocity treaties would be unfair to America and other nations. It asserts protection has kept prosperity and warns against weakening tariff barriers, calling the idea of reciprocity foolish.
Eli Perkins recounts McKinley explaining tariff logic: protect good production where we lead in wages, allow free import if we cannot make the item, and seek reciprocity only with high wage nations. He argues the tariff has kept markets home and could yield a billion dollar trade surplus in 1902. It warns against changing the tariff, likening it to medicine for a sick nation.
The letter defends sugar beet growers against disunionist framing, arguing they oppose Cuban sympathy and sugar trust rapacity rather than secession. It asserts farmers support fair play, McKinley’s free trade ideal, and oppose selling out on foreign competition while paying Cuba’s due through national means.
A Kalamazoo Telegraph editorial argues that protecting domestic industry should not be sacrificed for philanthropy to Cuba. It contends Cuba can prosper with self government and tariffs, and notes U S foreign trade has risen under protection.
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee unanimously agrees to end war taxes and reciprocity. The action would cut revenues and make further tariff cuts unlikely, prompting congratulations from supporters who call reciprocity theoretical and a threat to American industry.
The text argues the steel trust would gain a near monopoly if Mr Babcock's bill passes, while competing small capital firms would fail. It claims Congress allies will back the bill, and papers like the Boston Journal urge immediate enactment to strengthen the steel industry.
The Green Bay Advocate argues that business interests oppose reopening the tariff debate. It says duties on some items could be reduced without harming protection, but broad changes would unsettle the economy and spark fear of extensive shifts.
The Birmingham Ledger notes the trust seeks to gain more sugar output while the public would only benefit if the trust lowers prices to halt beet sugar production. The piece emphasizes no hope for positive outcomes.
A. Hyatt Verrill of Yale University, about 32, works in a New Haven bank building studio on a new color photography process he says could revolutionize portraiture and watercolor art. Yale professors admire his experiments and anticipate practical results.
Theresa Vaughn former comic opera star who collapsed two years ago and was sent to Worcester insane asylum is reported incurably insane and dying. The actress believed she suffered only from nervous prostration until recently.
Judge Anthony Thornton of Shelbyville Illinois is claimed to be the sole surviving member of the Illinois state constitutional convention of 1847. In his 88th year he remains active in law and recently returned from an outing tour in Louisiana and Texas.
A Paris campaign against watered milk reports a tradesman fined 30 francs for 27 percent dilution. Another seller jailed two months and fined 50 francs after samples showed 48 percent water and 77 percent cream loss. A contemporary claims a dishonest milkman can earn up to 40 francs daily.
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